18.6% ▲ +29.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Subiaco · Suburb / Locality
Language in Subiaco
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher proportions of people use a non-English language at home in Subiaco than in most similar areas. While 18.6% of residents speak another language, this is well below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 75.6% of the area, though Mandarin is the most common other language at 2.8%. Only 1.6% of people speak little or no English, which is a much higher rate than in most similar areas.
1.6% ▼ -33.2%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 1.6%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Subiaco [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51416/subiaco/topic/language